Alberta man who tried to sell kilo of cocaine to officer at B.C. RCMP detachment loses appeal

An Alberta man who tried to sell a brick of cocaine to a police officer in the parking lot of a British Columbia RCMP detachment will serve a 26-month prison term after his appeal of the sentence was rejected by B.C.'s highest court.

An Alberta man who tried to sell a brick of cocaine to a police officer in the parking lot of a British Columbia RCMP detachment will serve a 26-month prison term after his appeal of the sentence was rejected by B.C.'s highest court.

Kevin David Scott was convicted of drug trafficking and possession in 2022, three years after he was arrested in Coquitlam, B.C.

A Mountie had been conducting surveillance for an unrelated drug investigation in the parking lot of a shopping mall when Scott, parked in his vehicle several stalls away, nodded at the undercover officer.

The officer drove away but Scott followed in his own vehicle, eventually arriving at the parking lot of the Coquitlam RCMP detachment, according to the B.C. Court of Appeal judgment delivered Tuesday.

When the officer rolled down his window to ask the man why he had followed him into the police lot, Scott tossed a tote bag into the police car through the open window.

Scott asked the officer about "the paper," an apparent reference to money, and the Mountie told him he was going to "park properly" before continuing the discussion, Justice Mary Newbury wrote on behalf of the B.C. Appeal Court panel.

While maneuvering into a parking space, the officer called for uniformed backup to the lot.